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The professor quizzed me on several technical aspects of a journal paper I was a co-author of. Most of them were manageable. He asked me what exactly my contribution was in that paper and why I was not first author on it. I replied that the project was industry-funded and because I was a student at the time the industry I was working for did not share enough proprietary details with me like they did with my advisor who was the first author on the paper. As a result it was easier and much faster for my advisor to write the paper up and add me on as a second author despite the fact that I did all the experimental work that was featured in it. The rest of the interview was excellent and the Professor collected my references and then e-mailed them separately for recommendations. In ~4 weeks time I was hired. |
What research area are you interested in? |
How do you think psychology research will help you in a medical research lab? |
What was my previous research? |
Which areas of my (professor) expertise did you want to work on? |
Motivation |
Potential approaches to a partial differential equation |
What would you like to do with this project |
What type of research do you have experience in? |
Research interest, past experiences with academics/research |
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